Misinformation Vocabulary

Misinformation that is entirely made up and is designed to deceive you into thinking that it's real

• fabricated content

• false context

• imposter content

• manipulated content

• misinformation

misinformation that takes an image, quote or other piece of content and puts it into a new, false context to change its meaning

• fabricated content

• false context

• imposter content

• manipulated content

• misinformation

misinformation that falsely uses a well-known name, brand or logo to fool people into believing that it is authentic content

• fabricated content

• false context

• imposter content

• manipulated content

• misinformation

misinformation in which something is altered from the original, such as images that have had content added or removed using photo editing tools

• fabricated content

• false context

• imposter content

• manipulated content

• misinformation

information that is misleading, erroneous or false

• fabricated content

• false context

• imposter content

• manipulated content

• misinformation

a piece of information that uses humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy

• satire

• false context

• fabricated content

• manipulated content

• misinformation

social media accounts that are either fully or partially automated, meaning that they are controlled by a computer program, rather than a human

• bots

• disinformation

• misinformation

• engagement bait

misinformation that is deliberately created to be false, usually to achieve a desired ideological or political result

• bots

• disinformation

• misinformation

• engagement bait

social media content that is designed to get likes and shares (engagement), often using deceptive methods such as sharing false claims and fake or out of context images

• bots

• disinformation

• misinformation

• engagement bait